Apple is scrambling to fix a glitch in its latest software update which allows people to send a “text bomb” that can crash many of its devices. The error occurs when a single character from Telugu - a language native to India and spoken by about 70 million people - is received by some devices or typed into a text editor. The glitch affects iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watch and Apple TV running the latest versions of their operating software.

China has reportedly reassigned over 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in a bid to combat pollution by increasing the country's forest coverage. A large regiment from the People's Liberation Army, along with some of the nation's armed police force, have been withdrawn from their posts on the northern border to work on non-military tasks inland.